RENEWAL CONTRACTS FOR PERENNIAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP71B00529R000100190030-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 22, 2000
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: April 4, 1968
• Content Type: MF

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Approved For Release 2000/08/25- NRP71 B00
4 April 1968
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Science and Technology
SUBJECT : Renewal Contracts for Perennial Research
Programs
1. In approving Proje ast week, Col. White
expressed some concern to me over the method in which we handle
the renewal of research contracts of this type. Although he is apprec-
iative of the value of these external research arrangements and the
close relationships we have developed with the contractors, he would
like to have more flexibility in time on approval actions. We have, as
you know, fallen into the habit of formally renewing such contracts
after the expiration date. In the case o for example, the
contractor submitted his proposal on 8 March 1968; you signed off on
22 March and the Executive Director approved it on 29 March. The
contract renewal date was 15 March.
2. To get at this problem, we should insist that the contractor
submit his proposal sufficiently in advance of the renewal date to allow
you and Col. White to review the proposal without the haste or pressure
of short deadline. This will also provide an opportunity to view the
proposal in the light of any new demands for resources which may have
arisen during the course of the year. In addition, it will remove any
sense of moral obligation to continue with the program at the proposed
level which may restrict approval flexibility.
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cc: Executive Director -Comptroller
-lohri f!-_-Clarke
rector of Planning,
Programming, and Budgeting
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